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[mta1513]

Miss White was very upset.... the news of her father's death.

 

[TheParser]

Miss White was very upset.... the news of her father's death.

According to one excellent source on the Web, probably you could

use either "at" or "by." Personally, I would use "by."

Some people might even use "over."

 

[Antou]

According to one excellent source on the Web, probably you could

use either "at" or "by." Personally, I would use "by."

Some people might even use "over."

Could it be "because of" ?

 

[TheParser]

Could it be "because of" ?

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(1) Hopefully, a teacher will soon answer.

(2) I do not want to give you a wrong answer, so I shall NOT answer

YES or NO.

(3) I will, however, report what I found on the Web.

(a) About three years ago, a person named CJ at another helpline

gave some advice. CJ has a reputation for understanding grammar

very well. Here are some of his examples:


(i) John's parents were upset because of the car accident.

=

They reacted by feeling sad when they heard the news.

(ii) Karen felt crushed [super disappointed] because of her failure

on the exam.

= She reacted by feeling crushed when she heard the news.

(iii) Henry felt saddened because of the death of his grandfather.

=

He reacted by feeling sad when he heard the news.

*****

Did you notice that CJ used because of the car accident/ her

failure/ the death.


Maybe (I do not know) CJ feels that one does not become

upset because of "news."

So maybe you could use "because of" this way:

"She was upset because of her father's death."

*****


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question in the "Ask a Teacher" forum. One of the excellent

teachers will give you the correct answer.

 

[Antou]

Thank you very much

 

[Soup]

Miss White was very upset.... the news of her father's death.

You could also use about; i.e., she was upset about the news.